What our author and members say about us

‘Please keep up the fantastic work and I look forward to many more purchases over the coming years.’

Edward Flanagan, Folio member, UK

‘Being published by the Folio Society is not only a dazzling honour - it's an eye-opener. They don't just take your book over from the original publisher, doll it up with a few extra pictures and stuff it in a slip–case. Oh no, they begin at the beginning, they copy-edit as if it has never been copy-edited before, they discover any number of inaccuracies and self-contradictions that got through the first time, and they continually ask the question that every author dreads most - “And what exactly did you mean by this?”.

As for the illustrations, once again they start from scratch; they consult, they discuss, they find marvellous new pictures you've never seen before, they print them so that they sing aloud and – wonder of wonders – they take as much trouble over the captions as they do over the text itself.

By the time it's all over you feel as if you'd written the whole bloody thing all over again - but what a reward you hold in your hands.....’

John Julius Norwich, author of History of Venice and Byzantium

‘The Folio edition of Midnight's Children is absolutely beautiful.’

Salman Rushdie, author of Midnight's Children

‘Night Thoughts arrived today. It is ...ENORMOUS. Opening the book is like tumbling headlong into Blake's mind – a sometimes scary but exhilarating place to be. I can't help thinking, a little sadly, how much it would have pleased Mr Blake to see his work presented this way in his own life time.

The plates, the books...the whole edition is just unspeakably beautiful.’

Lloyd Fonvielle, Folio member, USA

‘Lovers of the written word long for higher standards, for books which are worthy of their contents. This is why Folio books are such a joy. Every volume bears witness to the care with which it has been produced. Where there are illustrations, they are imaginatively chosen to enhance the text, not detract from it. These are carefully selected books which become part of our personal library to be cherished, handled with pleasure, read and re-read and handed down to the next generation.

The choice is so wide that every reader, whatever his or her preference, should be able to select books which will provide lasting pleasure to the mind, the heart and the eye. There can be no more affordable and happy way of building up a personal library and of ensuring a lifetime of reading pleasure than to belong to the Folio Society. Long may it flourish.’

P. D. James, author of Cover Her Face

‘I greatly enjoyed my brief association with the Folio Society on the
Liber Bestiarum. Everyone says (and I completely agree) that Folio
are one of the very best publishers to work with.’

Christopher de Hamel, Donnelley Fellow Librarian, Cambridge

‘I've just received the Folio edition of Remains of the Day, and wanted to say I'm absolutely delighted with it! It looks gorgeous, and I think the tone created by the artwork is just the right balance of humour and pathos.’

Kazuo Ishiguro, author of The Remains of the Day

‘Books have been published for me since 1952; I have never seen one better turned out as a piece of typography and book production.’

M. R. D. Foot, author of SOE

‘It's a joy to be a member of The Folio Society. It makes me feel like I'm one of the family.’

Marcelle Pesek, Folio member, California

‘Let me congratulate you on [Music for King Henry] which appealingly combines different angles and traditional media. The result is both usable and beautiful.’

Dirk Haentjens, Folio member, Belgium

‘Having been a member of The Folio Society for more than twenty-five years now, I would expect that I should hardly be surprised by anything the Society would do to attend to the needs of its members. Yet here I am, once again, amazed by the attention to detail which, I must say, continues to keep me in your thrall even as I wonder, 'where will I put all of these books?’

Karl D. Reynolds, Folio member, New York

‘I'd just like you to know that I received my first order today... and am thoroughly DELIGHTED with the high quality of every book. They're outstanding! I could not commend you (or recommend you) with greater enthusiasm. ’

Jim Schlagheck, Folio member, Maine

 
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